5.Morphology of Flowering Plants
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Dry indehiscent single­seeded fruit formed from bicarpellary syncarpous inferior ovary is

A

berry

B

cremocarp

C

caryopsis

D

cypsella.

(AIPMT-2008)

Solution

(d) : Cypsella is a dry, one chambered, one seeded fruit developing from an inferior, bicarpellary ovary, $e.g.$, sunflower, marigold, cosmos, etc. Caryopsis or grain is a small, dry one seeded fruit developing from superior monocarpellary ovary. Pericarp fused with the seed coat, $e.g.$, rice, wheat, maize, etc. Cremocarp is a bilocular, two seeded fruit developing from an inferior bicarpellary ovary. It is characteristic fruit of umbelliferae, $e.g.$, Coriander, Cuminum, etc. Berry or bacca develops from mono or multicarpellary superior or inferior syncarpous ovary with axile or parietal placentation, $e.g.$, tomato, banana, brinjal, guava, grapes etc.

Standard 11
Biology

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